Constable Raghunath Ghait on sentry post of 23 Battalion has been hailed as a hero by the force after his alertness averted a suicidal attack in Karan Nagar, Srinagar. DG CRPF RR Bhatnagar congratulated the 27-year-old soldier.
"Our alert sentry saw suspicious movement, he fired

Constable Raghunath Ghait on sentry post of 23 Battalion has been hailed as a hero by the force after his alertness averted a suicidal attack in Karan Nagar, Srinagar. DG CRPF RR Bhatnagar congratulated the 27-year-old soldier.

"Our alert sentry saw suspicious movement, he fired and made them retreat. We then sent our quick reaction team and engaged the terrorist after house to house search," said Bhatnagar.

Speaking further, he added, "This boy has saved lives. If the terrorist would have managed to enter, there could have been more casualty." The force lost one CRPF personnel in exchange of fire.

The alert constable immediately then open fired from his LMG at 4:45 in the morning. The camp is situated near residential complex and is stone throw away from SMHS hospital, from where Lashker commander Naveed Jat had fled by help of militants after killing two cops just a week ago.

Security forces are already on high alert after the intelligence warned of possible attack on the account of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat's death anniversaries. Both were hanged in Tihar Jail a few years apart.

Guru, convicted for parliament attack, was hung on 9th February, 2013, while Bhat was hanged on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail, New Delhi.

In June 2017, CRPF had foiled a fidayeen attack on its Sumbal camp in North Kashmir, killing four militants in northern Kashmir. The four militants opened fire on the CRPF's 45th battalion at about 3:30 in the morning.

More recently, there has been criticism that Pakistan based suicide squads of JeM have managed to breach the security of several camps of forces. The last being in Sunjwan camp in Jammu.

Earlier, the Lethapora camp of Pulwama of CRPF saw huge casualties as JeM terrorist barged into the campus last year.

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